Wednesday, May 9, 2007

Tug

The boys are very fierce tug players.  Neither one of them likes to lose and they are both very intense while playing.  Luna hates it when the boys play tug.  Partly because they are not paying attention to her and partly because they sound so mean.  Just listen to all that growling going on.

Tuesday, May 8, 2007

Caption This #6

There is nothing more tempting to Benny than a nice big bowl of Cheerios with some sliced bananas.  Can’t wait to read your captions.  You can leave them in the comments.

Monday, May 7, 2007

Blogger’s Choice Award

Fellow Pug Blog reader Chris was very kind and nominated the Pug Blog for a Blogger’s Choice Award in the category of Best Animal Blogger.  I must say I was quite surprised when I got the e-mail and very honored to have been nominated.  There is some pretty stiff competition in the category, but we are very excited just to have been nominated.

So, if you enjoy reading the Pug Blog please vote for us!  Thanks!

Monday, May 7, 2007

Smoke

I’m not sure if you can see it in the photo, but recently there has been a haze of smoke hanging around for the last few days.  The smoke is from a brush fire that is burning about 20 miles north of us and depending on which way the wind is blowing the smoke and fire smell can be pretty strong at times.  So far the fire has burned 3700 acres, but luckily it is moving away from homes.

Because of all of the smoke, I have been keeping Benjamin, Henry & Luna inside as much as possible.  They haven’t been too happy about that and have been begging me to let them outside so they can lay on the lounge chair.  They just don’t understand that it is not good for them to be outside breathing in all that smoky air.

Friday, May 4, 2007

Play With Me!

I wouldn’t say that Luna is a very barky dog.  She rarely barks at people or cars when they pass by the house.  However, she is very assertive and she will bark to tell you that she wants something.

The first time I noticed this was during dinner shortly after we adopted her.  We sat down to eat and all the pugs were at our feet hoping to get some scraps, when out of the blue, Luna just starts barking at us.  Demanding that we give her some.  Benjamin and Henry almost fell over when Luna did this because they know the most effective begging tactic is to put on your cutest face and look like you are starving.  Mommy falls for that every time.  Barking, whining and scratching, however, get you no where.

Luna also frequently barks at the boys when she wants them to play with her in the yard.  She usually barks at Henry and Henry is very good at ignoring her.  Here is a little clip of Benjamin, Henry & Luna playing in the yard the other night and Luna barking her head off because she wants Henry to chase her.  Notice how , in the beginning, Henry is totally tuning her out.

Thursday, May 3, 2007

Tails from the Treat Jar #5

We haven’t been to our local doggie bakery to pick up treats in quite some time.  So needless to say, we are running low on treats.  With all the recent pet food recalls, I haven’t felt comfortable just picking something up while we are out.  Unfortunately for the pugs, when I refilled the treat jar the other day, I didn’t even have enough stock to fill it to the top.  I will have to make a point to stop by the bakery to get more treats.  If Benjamin gets wind of the fact that the treats are running so low, he might do something drastic and put himself up for adoption with one of the pug rescue groups.  I would hate to see Baby Benny have to resort to that.

Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Little Sister

Brothers!  I was just trying to play with them and somehow I ended up with this toy on my head!